Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.
—Thomas Carlyle
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I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something. —Jackie Mason (by Carl Lender; Creative Commons) Advertisements
Addison on Happiness
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. —Joseph Addison (by Godfrey...
Window of Insight
A (spoken) thought may be very commendable as a thought, but I value it chiefly as a window through which I can obtain insight on the thinker. —Alexander Smith (Photo by Stephen C....
Remain at the Table, and Everything will Arrive in Due Time
Remember that in life thou shouldst order thy conduct as at a banquet. Has any dish that is being served reached thee? Stretch forth thy hand and help thyself modestly. Doth it pass thee by? Seek...
Self-Confidence or Self-Doubt: the Choice is Yours Alone
A person who doubts himself is like a man who would enlist in the ranks of his enemies and bear arms against himself. He makes his failure certain by himself being the first person to be convinced...
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You should always live within your income, even if you have to borrow to do so. —Josh Billings (by Sarony Photography; Public Domain) Advertisements
The Prepared Mind
Fortune favors the prepared mind. —Louis Pasteur (by Paul Nadar; Public Domain) At how many points throughout our life have we known exactly what we should be doing, but allowed ourselves to get...
Happiness & Perception
If we only wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, and that is almost always difficult, since we think them happier than they are. —Montesquieu (Public...
Empathy for Others
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end. —Immanuel Kant (Public Domain) Advertisements
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All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy. —Spike Milligan Advertisements
Change Your Perception and You Change Your Reality
To hate, to love, to think, to feel, to see; all this is nothing but to perceive. —David Hume (1766, by Allan Ramsay; Public Domain)
The Straightforward Path
Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity. —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1868, by Julia Margaret Cameron; Public Domain)
Kipling on Character
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbors. —Rudyard Kipling (1895, by Elliott & Fry; Public Domain)
From Dream to Reality
Combining faith with focused action results in an enormous force of energy; a power designed to bring our well-defined dreams to fruition. —Michael S. Hazell (Image Free Use) One cannot survive...
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I get no respect. My father carries around the picture of the kid who came with his wallet. —Rodney Dangerfield (Public Domain)
Seek Out, Appreciate Good Friendships
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend. —Robert Louis Stevenson (by Henry Walter Barnett; Public Domain)
Strive to actually be that person you present to the world
The shortest and surest way to live with honor in the world is to be in reality what we would appear to be; and if we observe, we shall find that all human virtues increase and strengthen...
Balancing Idealism with Pragmatism
There is a point, of course, where a man must take the isolated peak and break with all his associates for clear principle; but until that time comes he must work, if he would be of use, with men...
Our Actions Reveal Who We Really Are
How shall we learn to know ourselves? By reflection? Never! Only through action. Strive to do thy duty, then thou shalt know what is in thee. —Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1828, by Joseph Karl...
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